The company has seen an array of newcomers enter the space over the years, from Khan Academy to YouTube, and more recent additions like Udemy, CreativeLive and a host of course-creation platforms and MOOCs like Coursera and EdX, as well as technically-focused learn-to-code platforms like Codecademy and Treehouse.
With ACE approval, certificates, foreign languages and a host of courses from the most elite universities in the country, it's going to be tough for startups like Thinkful to compete with Coursera for the college-aged attention.
A new focus on creative and cultural industries has given rise to a host of new courses.
For decades, the sole standard for admission has been the infamous test, prompting a host of preparatory courses.
His announcement to MPs also said a host of vocational courses would no longer count in school league tables.
To this end, medical educators have developed a host of communication courses and workshops that combine lectures, self-assessments, video recordings and "standardized patients," or actors in the role of patients.
The concert was organised by Bono, and attended by a host of celebs – Bob Geldof of course, Vanessa Redgrave (ditto), Joely Richardson, Roger Moore, Seamus Heaney.
The collection and dissemination of this information raises a host of privacy issues, of course, and the bipartisan team of Senators John Kerry and John McCain has proposed what it is calling the Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights to deal with many of them.
To help firms improve in this area, there's a new website (designthinkersacademy.co.uk), and a whole host of courses and boot camps run in partnership with the Design Museum.
There is, of course, a host of theoretical proposals which solve the antimatter riddle, and much else.
There are, of course, a host of runners-up: sauvignon blanc, chenin blanc, pinot blanc, pinot gris, viognier, riesling and a few hardly worth mentioning, like trebbiano.
